Here I talk about life and writing and my books, including The Tales from Atlantis book one Digging Up the Past and book two Reaching for Beyond. I give hints about what's to come and excerpts from current works.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

I'd like to welcome Rebecca Aires as she introduces us to Sephanie, the heroine of Claimed by Three, which is due out on the 20th!! Enjoy!

Sephanie Character Interview

Today I’d like to introduce you to Sephanie, the heroine of
Claimed by Three. In the book, Kassius, Teague, and Berenger try to court
Sephanie, while they work to discover who’s behind the strange happenings in
their lives.

Blurb:

Kassius, Teague, and Berenger are dealing with serious
vandalism on their property, but they aren’t waiting any longer to claim
Sephanie. They intend to draw the beautiful, curvy woman into their lives with
romance and all the sex she can handle while they discover who is behind the
trouble.

Sephanie has always wanted a ménage and jumps at the chance
to date the three sexy men. Their first dates are everything she’s dreamed of
and leave her craving more. When vandalism and sabotage begins to focus on her,
Sephanie doesn’t understand it, but is determined to stay with her men.

The person behind the attacks won’t stop until he has what
he wants. And it seems like what he wants is Sephanie, Kassius, Teague and
Berenger are having none of it. Sephanie is their woman, and they’re going to
keep her safe.

Tagline: When attacks suddenly begin after she starts dating
three men, Sephanie must discover who’s behind it in order to claim her three
men.

Available at: Loose Id:
http://www.loose-id.com/claimed-by-three.html

Tell me your name and about your family.

Sephanie: My name is Sephanie Lindsey. Normal family. Mother
and father, Tasha and Phillip, and three siblings. Cooper, Brand, and Natalie

Where do you live?

Sephanie: I have a house on the edge of the city. It used to
belong to my uncle, but I bought it when he moved to another city.

What do you do? Is it something you’ve always wanted to do?

Sephanie: I own a bakery. I’ve always liked baking, but like
a lot of other people, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I actually went to a
normal college for most of a year. It was a part time job that led me to the
thought of opening my own bakery.

You’re interested in Kassius, Teague, and Berenger. Have you
always been interested in a ménage relationship or did you become interested
after you met them?

Sephanie: Yes, I’m interested in Kassius, Teague, and
Berenger. I’ve always found group marriages attractive. If you’re thinking it
was the sex that drew me, that’s not it. Those three men are definitely hot
though. The ménage marriages I’ve seen have seemed more family focused and
loving. I want that.

What draws you to those three men?

Sephanie: Well, they’re sexy, but I’ve already said that.
It’s not their looks that make them so attractive. I like the way they help
friends and are always there for their family. I grew up with support like
that. It’s something I want in the men I marry, for the family I hope to build.
Though it’s a little early to be talking about that.

At first, you were uncertain of their interest. Can you
explain that?

Sephanie: It was because they hadn’t approached me before. I
mean they had opportunities, especially when they were watching over me when my
brother was threatened. I also thought they were dating someone. So, their
interest came out of nowhere.

Do you trust Kassius, Teague, and Berenger? Why?

Sephanie: Yes, I trust them. If there’s danger, I know
they’ll be there for me. I also know they aren’t playing some kind of game or
simply after sex.

What’s most important to you?

Sephanie: I sort of answered this already. Love and family
are most important to me. I want to build a life with men I love and who love
me.

If you’d like to see a little of the inspiration for Claimed
by Three, visit the Claimed by Three inspiration board. https://www.pinterest.com/rebeccaairies/claimed-by-three-inspiration-board/

Thank you so much for allowing me to share a little about
the characters in Claimed by Three! I hope you enjoyed it!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Hi, I’m Riley.When
you read the stories in the Tales from Atlantis series, you’ll be reading about
me and my associates.They are also
friends, but I think associates sounds more professional.The PTBs at Homeland Security don’t think
the agents are DUE are nearly professional enough, but then, we’re not the kind
of agents they’re used to dealing with.Almost all of the agents at HSS are military, or were before they became
agents.Not a single DUE agent has ever
been anywhere near the military.What we
are is preternatural.This is also the
reason DUE hired us, and well, you can’t have it both ways.

We take care of those things that the mundane agents can’t,
which includes most cases involving supernaturals.There are a surprising number of those cases,
in spite of the fact that most people still deny that we exist, but as a
result, our numbers are growing daily, and the Norms at HSS never quite know
how to deal with us.I figure that’s why
they act like we’re either indestructible, or dispensable.Current money in the office pool favors
indestructible, but it goes back and forth.

History says this all started about two hundred years ago
when some scavengers hauled off the stones on the Bimini Road.When that happened, magic returned to the
earth, and Atlantis rose.Now, Atlantis
sits out there in the Atlantic Ocean and for some reason, no one wants to go
there.Explain that!I certainly can’t, but on the other hand, I
have no desire to go there either, so I can’t fault anyone else for not wanting
to go.The thing is, after all the
legend and myth surrounding Atlantis, it makes no sense that no one wants to go
there.However, that’s a topic for
another day.

Today, I just want to tell you about the case we’re working
on in Digging Up the Past.In this case,
we’re trying to find a spade.Yes, a
shovel.Sounds simple enough,
right?Well, this particular spade
grants the holder immortality and can raise the dead, which makes it a bit more
complex.The file says it was headed
here to be on display at the Smithsonian, but it never arrived.The scientists on the dig where it was
discovered have returned to Denton to their home university, and are working on
a recent dig at the local lake.A number
of the other people on the dig are also at this site, so that’s where we’re
going to start.

No one can say exactly where the spade disappeared.It left Peru like it was supposed to, but it
was not there when the plane arrived in Washington. Our job is to figure out
which one of these people took it.The
options are the Braden’s, the lead archeologists on the dig, the anthropologist
Nick Manulito, Professor Jackson, who supervises the grad students, and the
grad students themselves. Oh yeah, we have to find it before they get a chance
to use it.

Excerpt:

Just after midnight, I pulled up in
front of the slightly rundown house near campus that the agency had rented for
Jason and me. The adrenaline had worn off for me as well, but when I dragged
myself through the door, it appeared that my luck was looking up. Jason was
awake, and it smelled like the pizza was still hot. On the other hand, my odds
of hot pizza are good most of the time with Jason around. Most of the time, he
looks like your basic blond surfer, but he’s half demon, so he’s constantly hungry,
and pizza’s his favorite food. Of course, he never gains an ounce. As a
shape-shifter I do have a somewhat faster metabolism than most people, but my
metabolism can’t hold a candle to Jason’s.

Oh yeah, in
addition to being an empath, which means I can feel, and sometimes even see,
the emotions of other people, and animals, technically, I’m also a
shape-shifter, probably the only one in history who can’t actually change
shape. If you think it sounds odd,
try living it.

My folks were more
than a little disappointed, but my maternal grandmother is a human mage, and
she was ecstatic when my empathy and spell-casting ability showed up. That’s
when she and my parents decided I would be spending summers and most vacations
with her. My mom started out human too, and despite the fact that she and Dad
never had a blood exchange of any kind, over time, she developed the ability to
shift shapes. Our scientists are still puzzling over that one. After that,
they’d just assumed that their children would also be shape-shifters.
Functioning shape-shifters. My brother was. I couldn’t turn myself into
anything, no matter how hard I tried.

“Hey,” Jason said when I walked in,
sitting up from where he’d been stretched out on the faded couch. “You okay?
You look beat. What happened?“

“Someone broke in at the Bradens’
house while I was out walking the dog,” I called over my shoulder as I circled
through the kitchen, grabbed a paper plate, and pulled a bottle of water out of
the fridge before collapsing in a chair. My chair, along with another
semi-matching chair and the sofa, circled a TV that somehow seemed to be on
sports no matter the time or day. I could sometimes commandeer it for the news,
but not often. Jason is an equal opportunity sports fan. He watches them all.